Gloucestershire's road network will continue to be overhauled in several key places throughout 2019.

Here is a summary of some of the biggest projects already under way, and in the pipeline, from Gloucestershire County Council.

Big changes to A4173/A46 junction

It's one of the county's most notorious and awkward junctions, where traffic from Gloucester meets traffic from Cheltenham heading towards Stroud at Pitchcombe.

What's happening?

A significant remodelling to make it much safer. A new right-hand-turn lane for traffic coming from Cheltenham on the A46 will be installed, as well as islands to prevent overtaking past the junction, improved visibility, and a 2m wide pedestrian footpath.

How the new Pitchcombe junction will look (Image: Gloucestershire County Council)

When?

Exact dates aren't available yet but it's scheduled to happen in the spring.

Metz Way/Abbeymead Avenue

The Eastern Avenue traffic junction (Image: Google Maps)

One of Gloucester's busiest junctions has been undergoing significant upgrades for months - and it's nearing completion.

New signals, pedestrian crossings are being installed, and work is also going on as part of the same scheme in North Upton Lane - where workers are having to contend with not disturbing a badger sett - and at the Coney Hill Roundabout.

Charlton Hill landslips

Could 2019 finally be the year the A435 from Charton Kings to Seven Springs is fixed? it was 2014 when part of one of the lanes first collapsed, and that 'crawler lane' has been bollarded off ever since.

Findings suggest there are four separate landslips beneath the road and it's likely to cost up to £3million to fix the problem.

When?

There are no firm dates involved, but the county council's website currently says work to fix at least part of the crawler lane is 'hoped' to start this year, with further sections being repaired after that.

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But could 2019 finally be the year it opens once more? The county council's website currently says: "The county council are taking all the necessary steps to fix the problem but faults like this do take considerable time to repair.

"Although we do not think the road will be re-opened in the near future it is our intention that the solution we come up with will fully re-open the road and solve the issues that have lead to the failure in this location.

"At present we are planning to carry out the construction work to repair the site sometime between April 2019 and March 2020, however, work of this type is prioritised and so is subject to change."

Five month closure for B4215

Map of closure

Work is due to begin on February 14 - Valentine's Day - for Severn Trent to install a new water pipe beneath the B4215 between Gloucester and Newent. A five-month closure is planned, to the outrage of commuters and business owners, until July 12 and a 50-minute detour will be on the cards for regualr users of the route.